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Appendix B
Biographical Information:
Committee on New Orleans
Regional Hurricane Protection Projects
Committee on New Orleans Regional
Hurricane Protection Projects
G. Wayne Clough (NAE), Chair, is secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
Prior to joining Smithsonian in 2008, Dr. Clough was the president of the Georgia
Institute of Technology. His technical interests lie primarily in geotechnical
engineering, earthquake engineering, and heavy construction, particularly
underground construction. Dr. Cloughâs research has centered on laboratory
and ï¬eld testing, earthquake analysis, soil behavior, and the application of
numerical methods to soil-structure interaction. He has been especially
interested in developing new methods that allow design of soil-structure
systems using movement control concepts. With his increasing involvement
in academic administration, he has taken a greater interest in higher education
and technology policy. Dr. Cloughâs recent writings have been on the future of
the research and development enterprise, and the role of technology in society.
He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from the Georgia
Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. degree in geotechnical engineering from
the University of California, Berkeley.
Rafael L. Bras (NAE) is the Dean of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering
at the University of California, Irvine, and Distinguished Professor in its
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dr. Brasâ research interests
are in the prediction of hydrologic extremes (ï¬ood and droughts), the use of
forecasts to improve responses to those disasters, and improved water resources
management. He is also interested in quantifying the effects of large-scale
changes in land surfaces (agriculture, deforestation) on the global hydrologic
cycle and energy cycles. Dr. Bras also has conducted studies in landscape
evolution and ï¬uvial geomorphology. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in
civil engineering and his Sc.D. degree in water resources and hydrology from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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42 The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System
John T. Christian (NAE) is a consulting engineer in Waban, Massachusetts.
His primary area of interest is geotechnical engineering. Much of his early
work involved developing and applying numerical methods such as the ï¬nite
element method. He has also worked on reliability methods for geotechnical
applications, soil dynamics, and earthquake engineering on a broad range
of civil engineering projects. Dr. Christianâs current interests are largely
focused on the use of reliability techniques in geotechnical engineering and
on earthquake engineering. Much of his work in industry was associated with
power generating facilities, including but not limited to nuclear power plants.
Dr. Christian is also interested in the evolving procedures and standards for
undergraduate education, especially as reï¬ected in the accreditation process.
He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jos Dijkman is a ï¬ood management engineer with Deltares/Delft Hydraulics
in Delft, The Netherlands. Mr. Dijkman has over 30 years of experience in
water resources and ï¬ood management projects, both in the Netherlands and
internationally. He has lived and worked for many years in Southeast Asia,
where he focused on regional water management issues. He was also involved
in many water management and ï¬ood mitigation projects internationally,
including the United States (upper Mississippi River basin). He had played a
leading role in several feasibility and public policy studies in the Netherlands
related to mitigating current and expected future ï¬ooding risks. Among these
was the âRoom for the Riverâ study, which set a new course for national ï¬ood
risk management policy in the Netherlands. He also serves as a member of the
independent Dutch National Advisory Committee on Flood Management Issues.
Mr. Dijkman received his M.Sc. degree in civil engineering from the University
of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Robin L. Dillon-Merrill is an associate professor at Georgetown Universityâs
McDonough School of Business. Her areas of specialty include decision and
risk analysis, with applications in the ï¬elds of space missions, information
systems, and worker safety issues. Prior to her appointment at Georgetown, Dr.
Dillon served on the faculty at Virginia Techâs Pamplin College of Business, and
with Fluor Daniel, Inc., where she analyzed technologies and sites for tritium
supply and recycling using decision analysis and a simulation of production
assurance. She received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in systems engineering with
risk analysis concentration from the University of Virginia, and her Ph.D. degree
in engineering risk analysis from Stanford University.
Delon Hampton (NAE) is the chairman of the board at Delon Hampton and
Associates in Washington, DC. His major interest is in the area of tunneling
and underground design and construction. Dr. Hampton has been involved

Appendix B 43
in the design and/or construction of tunnels in both hard and soft ground, as
well as shafts and connecting and intercepting structures. He has also been
involved in restoration and rehabilitation of a failed submerged tunnel system,
and in tunneling research. He has also worked on design of highway and airï¬eld
pavements. This includes establishing design parameters for subgrades and base
courses, as well as required pavement thicknesses for Portland cement concrete
and asphaltic concrete surface courses. Dr. Hampton received his B.S. degree in
civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his
M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from Purdue University.
Greg J. Holland is the director of the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology
(MMM) Division of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
in Boulder, Colorado. Dr. Holland spent much his career with Australiaâs
Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre. Previously he was with Aerosonde,
a manufacturer of lightweight and long-range robotic aircraft. After beginning
his career as a mathematician, he focused primarily on tropical meteorology
and severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre. In 2005,
he joined the staff at NCAR, where he directs the MMM unit. He also helped
set up ï¬eld facilities, and he established programs studying the coastal impacts
of tropical cyclones. He received his B.S. degree from the University of New
South Wales in mathematics and physics and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in
atmospheric science from Colorado State University.
Richard A. Luettich, Jr. is the director of the Institute of Marine Sciences at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research has dealt broadly with
modeling and measurement of circulation and transport in coastal waters. Dr.
Luettichâs modeling efforts have emphasized the development and application
of unstructured grid solution techniques that are optimized for geometrically
complex systems such as sounds, estuaries, inlets and inundated regions. He
has co-developed a circulation and storm surge model that has been applied
extensively for modeling storm surge in the southern Louisiana and New Orleans
areas. Dr. Luettich also has participated in the development of components of
the national Coastal Ocean Observing System. He received his B.S. and M.S.
degrees in civil engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his Sc.D.
in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Peter Marshall is a consulting engineer. Previously he was vice-president
of operations at Burns & Roe Services Corporation after a career in the Civil
Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy. Prior to joining Burns and Roe, he served
as a senior vice-president with Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services
Corporation, where he was responsible for project development and project
operations. His experience in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps included positions
with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. His positions there included

44 The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System
commanding ofï¬cer of the Navy Public Works Center in San Francisco, ï¬eet civil
engineer of Naval Forces Europe, commander of the 22nd Naval Construction
Regiment and Paciï¬c Division of NAVFAC, and vice-commander of NAVFAC.
Mr. Marshall is a fellow of the Society of American Military Engineers and a
licensed professional engineer in Virginia and California. He received his B.S.
degree in civil engineering from Tufts University and his M.S. degree in ocean
engineering from the University of Rhode Island.
David H. Moreau is a professor in the Departments of City and Regional
Planning and Environmental Sciences and Engineering at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Moreau teaches water resources planning
and regional environmental planning. His research interests include analysis,
planning, ï¬nancing, and evaluation of water resource and related environmental
programs. He is engaged in water resources planning at the local, state, and
national levels. He has chaired or served on several NRC committees, most
recently as a member of the NRC committee that issued the report, âNutrient
Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin
and the Northern Gulf of Mexico.â Dr. Moreau serves as chairman of the
North Carolina Environmental Management Commission, the stateâs regulatory
commission for water quality, air quality, and water allocation. Dr. Moreau
received his B.S. degree from Mississippi State University, his M.S. degree
from North Carolina State University, and his Ph.D. degree from Harvard
University.
Thomas D. OâRourke (NAE) is the Thomas R. Briggs professor of engineering
at Cornell University. His areas of study and research include: 1) large
ground deformation during earthquakes, with emphasis on mechanisms and
characteristics of soil liquefaction and its inï¬uence on critical lifeline systems,
2) seismic performance of water supply and gas and liquid fuel distribution
systems, with emphasis on earthquake protection of water supply and energy
distribution systems, methods for earthquake loss estimation, and interactive
modeling of utility systems, 3) deep excavation and underground construction
technology, with emphasis on predicting ground movements caused by deep
excavations and tunneling, improved methods for assessing stability of deep
excavations, and the use of deep soil mixing and jet grouting technologies, 4)
pipeline design, rehabilitation, and systems performance, and 5) performance
and interaction of polymeric materials with soil and groundwater. Dr. OâRourke
received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from Cornell University in 1970
and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in civil engineering from the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Kenneth W. Potter is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the University of Wisconsin. Dr. Potterâs areas of research

Appendix B 45
interests include hydrological modeling and design, estimation of hydrologic
risk, estimation of hydrological budgets, and restoration of aquatic systems. He
has been a fellow of the AAAS, a fellow of the AGU, and a Woodrow Wilson
fellow. Dr. Potter received his B.S. degree in geology from Louisiana State
University and his Ph.D. in geography and environmental engineering from
Johns Hopkins University.
Y. Peter Sheng is a professor with the Civil and Coastal Engineering Department
at the University of Florida, Gainesville. His ï¬elds of interest include coastal
and estuarine circulation modeling and monitoring; turbulent transport and
modeling; sediment transport and water quality dynamics and modeling; light
attenuation processes; seagrass dynamics and modeling; atmospheric boundary
layer dynamics; tornado dynamics; dispersion and deposition processes and
modeling; storm surge and coastal ï¬ooding modeling and monitoring; and,
integrated modeling for ecosystem restoration and coastal hazard mitigation.
Dr. Sheng received his B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from the National
Taiwan University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in engineering, ï¬uid and
thermal sciences, from Case Western Reserve University.
Robert H. Weisberg is a Distinguished University Professor and a professor
of physical oceanography in the College of Marine Science at the University
of South Florida. Dr. Weisberg is an experimental physical oceanographer
engaged in ocean circulation and ocean-atmosphere interaction studies in the
tropics, on continental shelves, and in estuaries. He is the director of the USF
Ocean Circulation Group and co-director of the USF Coastal Ocean Modeling
and Prediction System and Center for Prediction of Red Tide. His research
presently emphasizes in-situ measurements, analyses, and models of the West
Florida shelf circulation and interactions between the shelf and the estuaries and
between the shelf and the deep ocean. Dr. Weisberg received his B.S. degree
in materials science and engineering from Cornell University and his M.S. and
Ph.D. degrees in physical oceanography from the University of Rhode Island.
Andrew J. Whittle is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His area of expertise
is in geotechnical engineering, constitutive models for geomaterials, analysis
methods for foundations, excavations and tunnels, in situ test methods, and
ground improvement. Dr. Whittleâs teaching interests include introduction and
advanced geotechnical engineering and theoretical soil mechanics. He received
his B.Sc. degree from Imperial College of Science and Technology and his Sc.D.
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

46 The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System
NRC Staff
Jeffrey Jacobs is a scholar with the NRC Water Science and Technology Board.
Dr. Jacobsâs research interests include policy and organizational arrangements
for water resources management and the use of scientiï¬c information in water
resources decision making. He has studied these issues extensively both in the
United States and in mainland Southeast Asia. Prior to joining the NRC he was
a faculty member at the National University of Singapore and at Texas A&M
University. Since joining the NRC in 1997, Dr. Jacobs has served as the study
director for over twenty NRC reports. He received his B.S. degree in geography
from Texas A&M University, his M.A. degree in geography from the University
of California, Riverside, and his Ph.D. degree in geography from the University
of Colorado.

Hurricane Katrina, which struck New Orleans and surrounding areas in August 2005, ranks as one of the nation's most devastating natural disasters. Shortly after the storm, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a task force to assess the performance of the levees, floodwalls, and other structures comprising the area's hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina. This book provides an independent review of the task force's final draft report and identifies key lessons from the Katrina experience and their implications for future hurricane preparedness and planning in the region.

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